Because
annerbhp's latest icon challenge got me pondering this on my bus in the morning:
Do you think that there can be non-shippy stories where Sam and Jack have sex? Or is that, by your definition, shippy?
As you know, Bob, there's not really a great deal of Sam and Jack friendship fic out there, and the definitions can be a little hazy anyway, with the difference in intent and perception (one person's UST is another person's friendly banter).
What I mean is... gen people, could you imagine reading/writing a Sam and Jack friendship fic where they are forced into that sort of relationship? Or, Sam/Jack people, could you imagine reading/writing that kind of fic, but without the UST angle - one where it's their friendship that they have to salvage? And without a happy ending where they're given permission by the Prez to break the frat regs. *g*
(And no, this is NOT what I'm planning to do for my
jacksamfriends fic!)
Do you think that there can be non-shippy stories where Sam and Jack have sex? Or is that, by your definition, shippy?
As you know, Bob, there's not really a great deal of Sam and Jack friendship fic out there, and the definitions can be a little hazy anyway, with the difference in intent and perception (one person's UST is another person's friendly banter).
What I mean is... gen people, could you imagine reading/writing a Sam and Jack friendship fic where they are forced into that sort of relationship? Or, Sam/Jack people, could you imagine reading/writing that kind of fic, but without the UST angle - one where it's their friendship that they have to salvage? And without a happy ending where they're given permission by the Prez to break the frat regs. *g*
(And no, this is NOT what I'm planning to do for my

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Think extremely strong alien mind-altering drugs and aaaaaaaaaaaaaangst, if it helps. ;)
I'm pretty gen about SG-1; I've dipped my toes in other things occasionally, and, interestingly, the only pairing I can stand is Jack/Daniel. I don't want porn, but I can't read anything, no matter how innocuous, with other pairings among SG-1. I don't know why. I read Torchwood (canon!) slash and some Primeval slash; even some SGA (there it's pretty much only Rodney/Carson). For a heterosexual, I have astoundingly little interest in reading het fic, come to think of it. (I do like Gwen/Rhys on Torchwood! I wanted Carson and Cadman to stay together! I liked Rodney and Katie for a while! The only one of those three that I read, though, is Gwen/Rhys, and not much of that.)